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新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案

新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案
新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案

Key to book4 un it1-4

Unit 1

Active readi ng (1)

Look ing for a job after uni versity? First, get off the sofa

Read ing and un dersta nding

Dealing with unfamiliar words

3 Match the words in the box with their definitions.

1 to make progress by moving to the n ext stage in a series of acti ons or events (proceed)

2 the process of cha nging from one situati on, form or state to ano ther (tra nsiti on)

3 not feeli ng in volved with some one or someth ing in a close or emoti onal way (detached)

4 referri ng to somethi ng which will happe n soon (upco ming)

5 to be sitting still in a position that is not upright (slump)

6 to retur n to a previous state or way of behav ing (revert)

7 to say what happe ned (reco unt)

4 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 3.

It isn ' t easy to make the (tr)a nsiti on from a busy uni versity stude nt to an un employed young adult (2) slumped on a bar stool or half watch ing a min dless televisi on show, wondering if and how their career is going to (3) proceed . Many people who have

experie need a long period of in activity like this, whe n (4) reco un ti ng how they felt at the

time, refer to the same stra nge psychological effect. As the days pass, they begi n to feel (5)

detached from any sense of pressure to go and look for a job, and tend to regard (6) upco ming in terviews as if they were not very importa nt. Typically, back at home after three

or four years away, they (7) revert to old habits, start seeing old friends, and, in many cases, become depe ndent aga in on their pare nts.

5 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may

need to make other changes.

1 I went to a mixed-ability sec on dary school just outside London. (comprehe nsive)

2 I got stopped by a policema n who asked to see my driv ing lice nee. (cop)

3 Have you see n this beautiful from the air view of Oxford? (aerial)

4 Isabel tightly her bag as she walked dow n the corridor towards the office. (clutched)

5 You should speak to Toby; he ' s an supporter of flexible work ing hadvocate)

6 I hurt my leg badly a couple of mon ths ago, and it still has n ' t got better completely (healed)

6 An swer the questi ons about the words.

1 Is a dead-end job one with (a) exciting prospects, or (b) no future ?

2 Is a tricky problem (a) difficult , or (b) easy to solve?

3 If an activity saps all your energy, do you feel (a) tired , or (b) more active than usual?

4 Does a pushy person try to (a) persuade you to do something you don , or'(b) want to

help you by liste ning to what you have to say?

5 If you feel apathy , do you want to (a) change the world, or (b) stay at home and do

no thi ng

7 An swer the questi ons about the phrases.

1 Is fork out (a) a formal, or (b) an in formal way of say ing to pay for someth ing ?

2 If you are in the same boat as ano ther pers on, are you (a) making the same journey together, or (b) in the same difficult or unpleasant situation?

3 If you feel you have come full circle , do you (a) feel you are back where you started , or (b) feel a sense of satisfacti on because you have completed someth ing?

4 If some one takes a soft line , do they deal with a pers on (a) in a kind and sympathetic way

or (b) in a lazy way without making a decisi on?

5 If you strike the right note about something, are you expressing yourself (a) well , or (b)

badly?

6 If you do something by all means , do you (a) try your best to do it , or (b) not care about it?

7 If you nu dge some one back into the saddle , are you en couragi ng them to (a) take

responsibility again , or (b) take it easy?

8 If you talk through a problem with some one, do you (a) exam ine it carefully and sen sitively or (b) refer to it quickly and the n cha nge the subject?

Active readi ng (2)

If you ask me

Dealing with unfamiliar words

4 Match the words in the box with their definitions.

1 funny or en terta ining (amus ing)

2 used for emphasiz ing that someth ing good has happe ned, especially because of good

luck (fortunately)

3 an amount of money that a pers on, bus in ess or country borrows, usually from a bank

(loa n)

4 to take an amount or nu mber from a total (deduct)

5 the most excit in g, impressive, or in teresti ng part of an event (highlight)

6 to show that you un dersta nd some one ' (s ypnpathme)

7 n eedi ng a lot of time, ability, and en ergy (dema nding)

5 Complete the con versati on with the correct form of the words in Activity 4.

A After three years at uni versity, I ' m now quite heavily in debt.

B I (1) sympathize with you, I know what it ' s like to have financial problems. But (2) fortunately I didn n'e t to take out a student (3) loan when I was at university, because I had a part-time job.

A What did you do?

B I worked in a restaura nt at weeke nds.

A That must have been very (4) demanding .

B Yes, it was. I had to get the right bala nee betwee n work and study. But the other people

who worked there were good fun to be with, so it was quite (5) amusing too. The (6)

highlight of the weeke nd was always Saturday ni ght whe n we worked overtime.

A But I don ' t expect you made a lot of mon ey?

B No, there wasn ' t much after they deducted" tdXTJnd pension contributions. But it was

eno ugh to keep me going.

6 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may

need to make other changes.

1 When I was at college I kept all my pers onal things in an old cupboard.

2 A lot of people who leave uni versity before getti ng a degree end up in good jobs.

3 I think she ' ll get a good degree, but I would n ' t risk my money on the exact result.

4 The money I spe nt at college was more tha n what I earned in my part-time job.

5 The cha nces of my being offered a job after that in terview must be quite remote.

6 Our bus in ess has done very well since we cha nged our advertis ing.

7 I think tell ing the truth and not cheat ing is always the best policy.

Key: (1) belongings (2) dropouts (3) gamble (4) exceeded (5) odds

⑹ has thrived (7) hon esty

7 An swer the questi ons about the words and expressions.

1 If someth ing is not all it ' s cracked u is to(be valid and in teresti ng, or (b) just a little

bit disappo in ti ng ?

2 If some one keeps banging on about somethi ng , are you likely to be (a) in terested in, or

(b) bored by what they say ?

3 If there is a lot of hassle in your life, are you likely to feel (a) stressed , or (b) relaxed?

4 If something happens out of the blue , is it (a) unexpected , or (b) part of your plan?

5 If you say you ended up in a particular job, do you suggest that (a) you have fulfilled your

ambiti on, or (b) it happe ned almost by cha nee ?

6 Are the regulars in a pub (a) the customers who come very often , or (b) the food the pub

offers most often?

7 If something is dead easy, is it (a) very easy , or (b) not easy at all?

8 If you treat some one to somethi ng , do you (a) buy someth ing nice for them , or (b) behave badly to them?

9 If you cheer a place up , do you (a) make the place look brighter , or (b) make the people in the place happier? Read ing and in terpreti ng

8 Look at the senten ces from the passage and ide ntify the style features.

1 Twelve years at school and three years at uni versity, teachers banging on about

opport un ities in the big wide world bey ond our sheltered life as stude nts, and what do I

find?

This shows the in formality of an in complete sentence in the first part, the use of an in formal

expression (banging on) and a rhetorical question to the reader (What do I find?)

2 Try as I might to stay cheerful, all I ever get is hassle, sometimes with people (especially

boys, god, whe n will they grow up?) …

This has the use of an in formal word (hassle), an in formal exclamati on (god) and a questi on to the

reader (Whe n will they grow up?)

3 Actually, I had my eye on the course at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Here there is a discourse marker typical of speech (Actually) and an in formal phrase (had my

eye on).

4 I kind of un dersta nd it, and not just because my degree is in economics.

Here “ kind of ” is a sort of diseomarker of in formal speech (show ing someth ing is gen eral, vague or not defi nite).

5 I wan ted someth ing in finance and in vestme nts, because you know, maybe with a job like that, I could use my degree.

This has a discourse marker of in formal speech (you kno w).

6 ... it ' s true, he really did seem to have three han ds.

Aga in here is a discourse marker of in formal speech (it ' s true).

7 I talked to him about ... well, about pretty well everythi ng

This has ano ther discourse marker of in formal speech (well) and an in formal phrase (pretty well).

Lan guage in use

word formati on: compo und nouns

1 Write the compo und nouns which mea n:

1 a degree which is awarded a first class (a first-class degree)

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